Claudine Tronchon was municipal councilor of Lanester until July 2024. Former candidate in the departmental elections, she wrote “Towards a new life” during the year. An intimate story, that of Olivier, her husband, whose ruptured aneurysm turns his life and that of an entire family upside down.
A stroke during an operation
“On December 9, 2021, my husband had severe headaches. On December 14, my 48th birthday, the diagnosis was made: ruptured aneurysm which could be operated on, in Rennes. During the operation, he will have a stroke. Very quickly, every evening, I wrote down what happened during the day, in our life, how I had managed to get through the day so that he would know what happened in our life. It felt good to mark all that. When Olivier's health stabilized, I needed to know what to expect, I was entering an unknown universe, I know nothing about neurology. I needed to look for Books, to find out how you recover from a stroke, what you can do, and I would have needed testimonials from caregivers but I couldn't find any. I needed to identify with people who had experienced this so I continued to write to eventually bear witness in a book to what I experienced to help others” says the Lanesterian.
Victim of sexual violence
Nine months after the stroke, Olivier revealed to her that he had been a victim of sexual violence during his adolescence. Several doctors then say that there may be a link between this violence and the stroke. “Sexual violence generates a complex trauma generating stress in life afterwards. Olivier had talked about it in his family and he was not listened to at the time. I wanted to bear witness, to make a small contribution. 5.5 million adults have been victims of sexual violence. We must welcome the child's words. You have to talk to those around you, your doctor,” explains Claudine Tronchon.
“I never felt abandoned”
Most of the book revolves around support for the stroke, trauma for the family, resources for support, family and friend support. “I never felt abandoned, there was real mutual help, human solidarity,” she says. The book is available at the Le Jaurès tobacconist, in Lanester, at the Quand les livres s'ouvert bookstore, in Lorient (€20). A conference meeting will take place on December 12, at 8:30 p.m., at the auditorium of the Saint-Louis circle, 11 place Le Braz, in Lorient.
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